Analysis of We Left
Before love left,
We left.
Left love lingers long:
Without outlets
No objects
Damned up
Soul choking
Demanding expression,
Seeking return
Wanting
Waiting
Wishing
Vainly
Vainly hoping
Rejecting substitutions.
| Scheme | AABCDEFGHFFFIFJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (67%) |
| Metre | 0111 11 11101 011 110 11 110 010010 1001 10 10 10 10 1010 010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 193 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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